Layout a Day Layout Progress

Well, it's day 27 and I have created 27 layouts. One more and the 28-day Layout a Day Challenge is complete. I wanted to share some of my creations with you. I've been having a blast completing the layouts for the challenge and working on stuff for my Big Picture Scrapbooking Seasonal Scrapbooking class taught by May Flaum.

Jack loves Star Wars features some pictures of my son with his Star Wars toys. He got a lot of Star Wars stuff for Christmas. He's obsessed!

Swim is for my BPS class and is based on a May Flaum sketch. We have fun going to the pool in the summer.

J&J is a picture of the boy and me after his Bobcat ceremony. I'm not in a lot of the scrapbook pages I do since I'm usually taking pictures so I did one of me and each of the kids to tell them that I love them. I love this picture with the goofy paint on our faces. I based this on a layout designed by Heather Bowser from the Feb/Mar issue of scrapbooks, etc.

K&J is a similar layout of me and my girl. I splurged and bought some Making Memories paper and embellishments and couldn't wait to use them. They are such fresh, spring colors!

My boy - Just wanted to tell my son what I love about him right now. Love the simple design and brown and teal together!

Kate my love is a layout telling my daughter what I love about her personality right now. Totally tried to "junk" this layout up with lots of hearts and love embellishments.

And finally, Unseasonably Warm is a layout about some warm weather we had last March. We got outside and enjoyed it!

Have a great day!

Bad news

We knew it was coming, but the Obama administration's budget wants to eliminate the loan program that I work in. I work for a great non-profit that supports student's in FFELP program. The budget bill has a lot to go through before it gets into place, so I hope that the final budget ends up much different than what is proposed now.

What I don't get is that the current administration is trying to pump money into banks and car companies to keep them afloat but they are willing to eliminate an entire industry (the student loan industry) and all the jobs that are a part of it. Doesn't make sense to me.

Recent layouts

Taking an online class right now and participating in a layout a day challenge, so I'm getting some pages done. Here are a few of them.

Easter 2008 - The kids with their Easter baskets.


Lucky - St. Patrick's Day 2008


Clownin' Around - The kids playing at the mall a few weeks ago.


Birthday Bling - My daughter and the necklaces she got for her birthday. She loves them!

Snow layout, facebook and turning 40

This is a layout I did for my Big Picture Seasonal Scrapbooking class. I love its simplicity!

I joined Facebook just to be able to send a friend request to Cathy Zielske after her brilliant blog post about joining Facebook. She's an awesome scrapbooker and her blog cracks me up. Well, I haven't done much with Facebook, but it seems like it could be a huge time-waster. And while I've been tagged by scrappers for a few random facts, the 25 random facts on Facebook seems like a little bit much. This article completely cracked me up! Hopefully what I shared in my November 4th blog post isn't as goofy as some of these items.

A friend of mine forwarded me a link to this article that I had to share. I turn 40 in October and we've been discussing all the things that are going wrong as we age. You don't even what to hear my list of stuff, but I'm falling apart and I'm not even 40 yet! The nurse who prepped me for my Bravo PH study on Monday couldn't believe I was 39. She said she figured I was 32 or 33. I love her.

Be my valentine layout

The glare on this is terrible. I totally need a working scanner! Anyway, wanted to share my latest page. It's my son filling out his valentines and making valentine cupcakes last year. It's inspired by a page May Flaum created for our Seasonal Scrapbooking class at Big Picture Scrapbooking.

LOAD and BPS Class Layout

I'm participating in Lain Ehmann's LOAD (layout a day) right now and I'm also taking May Flaum's Seaonal Scrapbooking class at Big Picture Scrapbooking. This 2-page spread was made over a two day period (so I could count each page as a layout for LOAD -- sounds like cheating, but it's legal) and it is based on a layout from my class. Killed two birds with one layout! I love May's style. She talks about adding "junk" to your layouts. I have a lot of embellishments, but normally I don't use a lot on a layout. May's inspiration has me experimenting and out of my comfort zone. And Lain's LOAD challenge has given me my scrapping mojo back. Thanks Lain and May!

Banana Bread Recipe

Banana (or zucchini) bread
3 eggs beaten (or egg beaters)
1 cup oil (or applesauce)
2 cups sugar
2 cups mashed banana (or grated zucchini)
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour (I use whole wheat)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 pinch allspice

Grease 2 loaf pans. Mix dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients. Mix well. Bake 1 hr at 325 degrees. I add some Pampered Chef cinnamon sprinkle to the tops before baking.